Archive for October, 2011

Nutty News Alaska – The captain of a supply boat was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after his vessel ran aground in Anchorage’s small-craft harbor. It appears to be the first case of an alcohol-related marine accident at the port of Anchorage in recent memory. The vessel, a 53-foot cargo craft, was steered up onto the harbor’s concrete boat ramp, where it was left “high and dry,” Parker said. On its way into port, boat also appeared to have struck and damaged an offshore piling, he said. A blood-alcohol test of the captain, Albert Anderson, 57, revealed he was at least one-and-a-half times the legal limit for operating a motor vehicle or water craft. Full ArticleDiscount Magazine Subscriptions

Nutty News Ed, Sweden – Two teenage girls were joy riding in a shopping cart in Sweden when they found themselves stuck — both in the cart and in the middle of nowhere, police said. Emergency services in the small tourist town of Ed, in western Sweden, said they were surprised when they received a call from two girls asking for help getting out of a shopping cart, The Local reported Monday. “I presume they found it quite embarrassing,” Joakim Nystedt at the Ed emergency services told The Local. Full ArticleVision Direct

Nutty News New York – A bizarre incident has left a woman in critical condition in Harlem. A 47-year-old woman was walking with her 14-year-old son outside the Target store in East Harlem. Witnesses said a group of kids pushed a shopping cart off the fourth floor walkway that connects the store to a parking garage. The woman was struck on the head by the falling cart. Two 12-year-olds are in custody. They face assault charges and criminal possession of weapon – namely the cart. Full Article

Nutty News New York – An 80-year-old man who went out to get his morning newspaper fell into an 8-foot sinkhole that opened up in his Long Island lawn. Michael Ciron was not seriously injured in his ordeal, and even boasted that he managed to hang onto the papers. He yelled for his daughter, who woke up and came to his aid by calling police and firefighters to the Oceanside home. Ciron, who was wearing slippers, found himself stuck in wet, shifting sand. “It was scary down there,” he told Newsday. Full ArticleZippo Lighters

Nutty News Indiana – Indianapolis Metropolitan Police released surveillance video showing a man inside the Kidscape Learning Center in southwest Indianapolis. The video shows the man – described as white or Hispanic and 5-foot-5 to 5-foot-7 with a long, black ponytail – trying on girl’s bathing suits, police said in a release. Apparently finding a pink two-piece to his liking, he keeps it on as he explores the day care. After about 10 minutes, the man jumps over a counter, setting off a motion detector alarm. He then leaps back over the counter, changes back into his original clothes and leaves the business. Full ArticleNutty News for iPhone

Nutty News Falls Church, Virginia – Garrulous and active, 79-year-old Joy Bricker presides over her hotel suite in a manner befitting a grander home. She offers tea to the staff and media with the ease of a person schooled in proper etiquette. Like many hotel guests, Bricker has learned to make herself feel comfortable, making her room a home away from home. Only, Bricker has called the Towne Place Suites by Marriott, in Falls Church, Virginia, home for more than 10 years. No one has stayed as long as Bricker, who checked in on August 4, 2001. She is the longest extended-stay guest any Marriott hotel has seen. Full ArticleFree website templates

Nutty News Miami, Florida – A Miami police officer is accused of driving 120 mph on a turnpike because he was late for his off-duty job working security at a school. The Florida Highway Patrol says officer Fausto Lopez was arrested at gunpoint after leading police on a brief high-speed chase. According to a police report, a trooper spotted a patrol car changing lanes in a dangerous manner. The report says the patrol car ignored warnings to pull over and led a brief high-speed chase before stopping near Hollywood. Full ArticleTobacco Shipped Worldwide

Nutty News UK – A Hertfordshire, U.K. man must be feeling pretty embarrassed after making an emergency call to report a mysterious flying object, which turned out to be nothing less than the moon itself. Or was it just a bad prank? “It’s not an emergency per se,” the caller says to the dispatcher, “but there’s something flying over our house. Um, It’s coming towards me now, there’s all this light blazing. I don’t know what the hell it is!” The call was received after 8 p.m. on a recent, night according to the Metro. The caller seems fairly serious — even panicked — but it’s hard to imagine anyone could make this type of mistake. Full ArticleSIRIUS|XM Radio

Portland, Oregon – Police in Oregon say a man broke into a home in Portland to watch television. The Oregonian reports that 32-year-old Jason Leon Bastrom faces charges of criminal trespass after the homeowner called police. Police say Bastrom let himself in through an unlocked front door early and sat down on the couch to watch television. They say the homeowner alerted authorities, and then sent over a family member who lived nearby who knocked him unconscious. Full Aritcle

Illinois – A man burst into two different Wicker Park apartments to demand beer about 4 a.m., and he tussled with a man in the second apartment before stabbing him with a corkscrew and sending him to the hospital for 22 stitches, prosecutors said. Timothy Snyder, 36, spat on a police officer after he was arrested, and he was charged with two counts of home invasion, aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and aggravated battery to a police officer. Cook County Judge James Brown set his bond at $250,000. Full ArticleCigarettes America- Discount Cigarettes shipped nationwide, tax free, free shipping

India – What man doesn’t want to marry a woman half his age? Hazi Abdul Noor, a 120-year-old widower in India, made history when he married 60-year-old Samoi Bibi, reports the Times of India. More than 500 guests attended the wedding in Satghori, a remote village in the state of Assam. More than 100 of them were the groom’s immediate family members – two sons, four daughters, their spouses and their many children. Noor is thought to be the world’s oldest groom. Full ArticleVision Direct

Lake City, Florida – Two managers of a Domino’s Pizza restaurant in Lake City, in north-central Florida, have been charged with burning down a rival Papa John’s location. The motive? Police say one of the men admitted that he believed with his competitor out of the way, more pizza lovers would flock to his restaurant. The Papa John’s was gutted in the fire. Both men - Sean Everett Davidson (Picture), 23, and Bryan David Sullivan, 22 – were booked on an arson charge and were being held in jail. Full Article

Hawaii – “This is unreal this could happen to a family like ours,” Nicole Leszczynski told Hawaii’s KHON. The outing-turned-nightmare happened while the family was shopping at a local Safeway. “We walked a long way to the grocery store and I was feeling faint, dizzy, like I needed to eat something so we decided to pick up some sandwiches and eat them while we were shopping,” Leszczynski told the news station. Leszczynski, who is 30-weeks pregnant, her husband, Marcin, and daughter Zophia bought $50 worth of groceries — but forgot about their two chicken salad sandwiches. Full ArticleCigarettes America- Discount Cigarettes shipped nationwide, tax free, free shipping

Auburn, California – Police in California said they were searching for a man accused of borrowing a woman’s car and selling the vehicle on Craigslist. Auburn police said Laurel Rudolph, 55, loaned her car to an acquaintance named Jeff Keller or Kellar and she filed a stolen vehicle report when he failed to return the vehicle at the agreed-upon time. The car was found when the Craigslist buyer took it to the Roseville branch of the Department of Motor Vehicles to attempt to register it. Full ArticleDiscount Magazine Subscriptions

Bellingham, Washington – A Washington man loses his arm from a homemade guillotine. The guillotine unexpectedly dropped on his shoulder at a camp where he was living, severing his arm. He left the arm behind after the accident and rushed to Bellingham Urology Specialists. Evelyn Leuther, who works at the clinic, told CBS Seattle a woman passing by said, “I hope that’s a Halloween costume,” referring to the man missing his arm at the shoulder. But the gore was real. Seconds later, another woman ran by screaming for someone to call 9-1-1. Full ArticleCigarettesEurope.com